Milk-pail holder.



No. 686,422. Patented Nov.'l2, 19m; w. s. SHERD.

MILK PAIL HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. SHERD, OF BELVIEW, MINNESOTA.

MILK-'PAIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,422, dated November12, 1901.

Application filed August 2, 1901. Serial No- 70,597. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. SHERD, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Belview, in the county ofRedwood and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new andusefullmprovements in Milk-Pail Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

-My present invention has for its especial object to provide improveddevices for holding milk-pails between the knees while milking; and tothis end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the milkpail having my improved devicesapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 00 m of Fig.1, some parts being broken away; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 053a of Fig. 2, some parts being broken away.

The numeral 1 indicates an ordinary tin or metal milk-pail which isprovided at its upper edge with a beaded rim 2.

To hold the pail, I employ a pair of clamps, each of which, aspreferably constructed, comprises as follows: 7

The character a indicates a'knee-piece atforded by a bar provided at itsinner end with a depending jaw a, which is adapted to engage the innerupper surface of the pail.

The character 1) indicates a sliding jaw which is provided with avertical screw-threaded stem 19, that works adj ustably upward throughthe slot on in the bar a and is provided above the said bar with aclamping-nut 19 The said adjustable jaw b is further pro vided with anotch 19 which is adapted to receive the beaded rim 2 of the pail andpermit the depending portions of the jaw 17 to cooperate with the jaw a.of the bar a to tightly clamp the body of the pail, as shown in Fig. 2.

The character f indicates a plunger-like stem which is attached at itsinner end to the jaw 19 and at its outer end works loosely through aguide-lug a on the bar a. A coiled spring g, which surrounds the plungerf, is secured at its inner end to the said plunger and at its outer endreacts againstthe lug a This spring g serves to yieldingly force the jaw19 toward the jaw a and is of itself sufficient in some cases to holdthe jaws b and a clamped on the pail. However, when the jaws are appliedto the pail, as indicated, they may be securely locked or held simply bytightening the nut 17 The nut 6 also serves to hold the jaws separatedagainst the action of the spring g, when desired, as is often the casewhen the device is removed from the pail or when it is to be applied tothe pail.

The character It indicates a thin metal shield, shown as applied to thebar a and serving as a housing for the spring g.

The devices above described are very efficient for the purposes had inview. They may be very quickly applied to or removed from the pail, andwhen applied and the nuts 5 tightened they very firmly hold the pail.

The two devices are preferably applied about as shown in Fig. 1, as inthese positions they are properly projected for engagement with theknees of a person seated for milking. As is evident, these devices makeit very easy to firmly hold the pail between the knees and withoutrequiring the pail to bertightly pressed by the knees.

The devices above described are of course capable of modification as todetail within the scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. Apail-holdercomprisingapairof clamping-jaws movable one with respectto the other and one thereof having a projecting knee-piece and a springunder continuous strain and, when released, throwing said jaws together,substantially as described.

2. In a pail-holder, the combination witha pair of clamping-jaws slidingone upon the other and one thereof having a projecting knee-piece, of aspring under continuous strain for yieldingly throwing said jawstogether, when released, and a clamp or look for securing the one jawwith respect to the other either in a clamping position or in areleasing position against the tension of said spring, substantially asdescribed.

ing-nut b on said stem 1), the plunger f connected to said jaw 11 andworking through said lug a and the spring 9 connected to said plungerand reacting against said lug a substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. SHERD.

Witnesses:

A. O. GIMMESTAD, H. A. BAKKE.

